Wednesday

16th May - Law News

2334th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: A new 19km bridge connecting the mainland with the Crimean Peninsula has been officially opened, making Russia the host of Europe’s longest bridge. President Vladimir Putin personally drove a truck across it to mark the occasion.


Focus of the Day story: Training law students in emotional competency, and a change in culture, led from the top, in law firms and chambers are among the shifts needed to combat the growing problem of stress in the legal profession, according to a roundtable held in the run-up to Mental Health Awareness Week. Full story - Legal Futures

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Tuesday

15th May - Law News

2333rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: Palestinian health ministry officials now say at least 52 people have been killed by Israeli forces at the protests on the Israel-Gaza border, and more than 2,200 others injured. The death toll makes Monday the deadliest day since the start six weeks ago of a series of protests dubbed the "Great March of Return", along the Israel-Gaza border fence. More than 100 Palestinian fatalities have been reported over those six weeks.


Focus of the Day story: In the Belhaj case, Britain set aside the rule of law and moral principles. Abdel Hakim Belhaj got his apology, but we still lost the moral high ground. Full story - Guardian Law

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Monday

14th May - Law News

2332nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: A record number of refugees arrived in Europe between 2015 and 2016. First comes the excitement but soon they realise it is not entirely like home. Two years have passed and refugees living in UK, Spain, France and Germany tell whether reality met their expectations.


Focus of the Day story: A major research project is being launched into the way the justice system treats women who kill abusive men. Criminal lawyers, both prosecution and defence, are invited to contribute to the study, which is being run by the Centre for Women’s Justice and Justice for Women. They can take part by completing a survey on the topic by 17 June, at: www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/CWJresearch. Full story - New Law Journal

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Sunday

13th May - Law News

2331st Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: Several thousand people are out protesting in the capital of the south Caucasus country of Georgia, following overnight anti-drugs raids on two clubs. The Georgian Interior Ministry says 8 suspected dealers were arrested. But the demonstrators say officers used excessive force and that their operation was a 'deliberate provocation'. The protesters are now calling for both the Prime Minister and the Interior Minister to quit.


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Saturday

12th May - Law News

2330th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: Himanshu Roy, a senior Mumbai police officer involved in many high-profile investigations, allegedly committed suicide at his home on Friday. A former chief of the Anti-Terror Squad of Maharashtra, Himanshu Roy was an Additional Director General of Police.


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Friday

11th May - Law News

2329th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: The British prime minister has apologised to a man who was illegally kidnapped by British spies and sent to be tortured by Muammar Gaddafi's Libyan security services. Abdul-Hakim Belhaj was suspected of having links to al-Qaeda in the early 2000s and was a victim of rendition as part of the US "war on terror", which was backed by the UK. His lawyers had to fight for years before the British authorities finally accepted his story.


Focus of the Day Story: A judge has described an unrepresented defendant cross-examining witnesses 'almost like committing the offence all over again' in a leaked internal Ministry of Justice report. The 36-page report, Unrepresented Defendants: Perceived effects on the Crown court in England and indicative volumes in magistrates' courts, was obtained by media outlet BuzzFeed and published this week - after BuzzFeed was given a six-page summary report by the ministry under Freedom of Information (FoI) laws. BuzzFeed said today that it is one of three parties that have reported the ministry to the Information Commissioner. Full story - The Law Society Gazette

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Thursday

10th May - Law News

2327th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: As talks with North Korea approach, the new national security adviser, John Bolton, has long pushed for regime change in another country with nuclear ambitions: Iran. One of his chosen replacements is the dissident group Mujahedeen Khalq, known as M.E.K.


Focus of the Day Story: Government defeats bid to annul legal aid reform as MPs call for more support for criminal Bar. Full story - Legal Futures

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Wednesday

9th May - Law News

2326th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based news & legal articles archive focusing on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Legislation, Legal Ethics, Human Rights & Social Justice issues.

Today's Video Focus: A meeting between a Trump campaign official and an Australian diplomat in a London wine bar spiralled into a sprawling FBI investigation, looking at possible links between the Trump Presidential Campaign and the Russian government.


Focus of the Day Story: Miscarriage of justice victims unfairly denied compensation, court told. UK supreme court hears claim on behalf of two men jailed for 24 years for crimes they did not do. Full story - Guardian Law

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